Austin County · 1867 voter registration
Michael Chapman, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Michael Chapman registered to vote in Austin County on August 3, 1867. He reported Prussia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Prussia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Michael Chapman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Michael Chapman
- Place of birth
- Prussia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsMichael Chapman reported 6 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Chapman in Austin County
- Robert Chapmanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Chapmans elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 17 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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